Writing is quite a challenge when you have been teaching that type of course because your head is full of that. The delete button is already in overdrive. I really need this time to allow my thoughts to come together but I said I would blog everyday for the entire year and that is what I will do.
What will be the most interesting finding is how the online students get on compared with the face-to-face students. I am not pretending it is the same experience because it is not. This afternoon I was able to get all three ladies to a similar point as we spent most of our time engaging in early meditations. I don't have that luxury with the online students but I have known that from the start. That said, all the students now have a month to work through as many of the exercises as they would like and I will support via email and an online forum. I am not a beginner at online teaching but this is a brand new course so we shall have to see how we all get on. Meditation through Writing is a deliberately individual course as each person takes up their own journey. I consider it a privilege to be able to support where I can.
I am pleased with how our afternoon went and feel that the next 6 months will be both interesting and fulfilling.
For me, this is a process of starting to shift my life online. As a teacher I have lost count of how many people I have taught and I have also taught an interesting range of subjects. Today brought a lot of this teaching into one space and, at the same time, opened up new avenues. Working online suits me and so, bit by bit, everything will get shifted into either online short courses or ebooks. Over the years a considerable body of work has been generated and now it feels the right time to start putting it down on paper in a more systematic manner. As I head for the second half of this year I will start to make decisions about which bits are online courses and which bits are ebooks. My new site One soul many hearts will then become the place where all this can be shared. Some times the tasks seems very daunting because it really is a large body of work but then I remember that there is no hurry and it is just one foot in front of the other.
Writing this blog has taught me the discipline of writing every day and my studio has given this wings. I am running out of excuses why not to do it. I also feel, instinctively, that I have to get well underway with this before I can turn my attention to my novel. My novel is a contemporary tale that speaks back to us and I love the story. I love that it is based on an encounter in a rail station and I love the web that it weaves. My problem is that I can't write it in bits and pieces of time. Believe me, I have tried. I need to take myself off somewhere and get it written. So, for now it is in a queue but I do hope someone else doesn't have a similar idea. I shall be cross then.
A good teacher is always observing her students and processing this information before she utters another word. As this was our first session on a brand new course my processing was fit to burst on me. There lie the challenges as I see them at this stage. No doubt, as we roll forward I will be presented with new challenges. Let us hope I am up to the task. The short video clip shares my inner eye from today with all of you. Part way through one of the meditations I was reminded of this....
Blessings to you all. Until tomorrow. xx
Thanks for today and especially for the fluorite stone. I've got it next to my chair as I browse through my notes and books and prepare for the next exercise. My blood sugar before tea time was 5 points lower than before lunch, counting in George's gorgeous cake. So it works.....
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